World War II

World War II
Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the Battle of Wanjialing, Australian 25-pounder guns during the First Battle of El Alamein, German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front winter 1943–1944, US naval force in the Lingayen Gulf, Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Surrender, Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad
Date September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 Location Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Result Allied victory Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War. (more...)
Belligerents
Allies  Soviet Union (1941-45)  United States (1941-45)  United Kingdom  China (at war 1937-45)  France (1939-40, 1944-45)  Free France (1940-44)  Poland  Canada  Australia  New Zealand South Africa  Yugoslavia (1941-45)  Belgium (1940-45)  Netherlands (1940-45)  Greece (1940-45)  Norway (1940-45) and others	Axis and Axis-aligned  Germany  Japan (at war 1937-45)  Italy (1940-43)  Romania (1941-44)  Hungary (1940-45)  Finland (1941-44)  Bulgaria (1941-44)  Iraq (1941)  Thailand (1941-45) and others
Commanders and leaders
Allied leaders Joseph Stalin Georgy Zhukov Franklin D. Roosevelt George Marshall Winston Churchill Alan Brooke Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle and others	Axis leaders Adolf Hitler Wilhelm Keitel Hirohito Hideki Tōjō Benito Mussolini Ugo Cavallero Ion Antonescu Miklós Horthy C.G.E. Mannerheim and others
Casualties and losses
Military dead: Over 16,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 45,000,000 Total dead: Over 61,000,000 (1937-45) ...further details	Military dead: Over 8,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 4,000,000 Total dead: Over 12,000,000 (1937-45) ...further details